Jeff Hughes (footballer)

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Jeff Hughes
Personal information
Date of birth 29 May 1985 (1985-05-29) (age 23)
Place of birth    Larne, Northern Ireland
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Bristol Rovers
Youth clubs
2001-2002
2002-2003		 Ballymena United
Larne
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2003-2005
2005-2007
2007-2008
2007-2008
2008
2008-		 Larne
Lincoln City
Crystal Palace
→ Peterborough United (loan)
→ Bristol Rovers (loan)
Bristol Rovers		 47 (1)
54 (8)
10 (0)
7 (1)
0 (0)
0 (0)   
National team2

2005-2007		 Flag of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland under-21s
Flag of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland		 7 (0)
2 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 10:19, 06 June 2008 (GMT).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 09:24, 4th July 2007.
* Appearances (Goals)
For the American soccer player, see Jeff Hughes (soccer).

Jeff Hughes (born 29 May 1985) is a footballer from Larne, Northern Ireland. He currently plays for Bristol Rovers of League One. He has also played internationally for Northern Ireland, making his debut during their summer tour of the United States of America.

Hughes played for the Ballymena United academy, before transferring to the academy at hometown club Larne. He went on to make his Irish League debut for The Harbour Rats, before moving to the The Football League in England to join Lincoln City in League Two.

He was originally deployed in the left-back position for Larne, however under John Schofield at Lincoln, he has proven that he is equally adept at playing a more attacking role as a wing-back and a winger on the left side.

After Lincoln's second-successive play-off defeat in 2007, Hughes moved to Crystal Palace of The Championship, reaching his highest level yet. However he struggled at Selhurst Park, and Peterborough United on a two-month loan deal in November. In the January transfer window Posh tried to agree terms with Hughes to sign him, but failed to do so, and thus he returned to Palace.

At the end of March, Bristol Rovers signed Hughes on a loan deal until the end of the season, but unfortunately for all parties he was injured on his reserve team debut, after giving The Pirates the lead. He returned to Palace for treatment, before signing permanently for Rovers in the summer.


Contents

[edit] Honours

[edit] Lincoln City

  • League Two
    • Play-Off Semi-Finalists: 2005/06, 2006/07

[edit] Crystal Palace

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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